Which of the Following Statements Summarizes Perpetrator Characteristics

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements summarizes perpetrator characteristics?

• A)Abusive caregivers tend to have poorer parenting skill and resort to abuse due to a deficit of alternative options for shaping child behavior.
• B)Abusive caregivers are usually drug and alcohol abuser as well.
• C)Perpetrators are typically mentally ill and resort to abuse due to a deficit of alternative options for shaping child behavior.
• D)Perpetrators are typically abused themselves as children.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

A theory by Freud describing phases of a child's development, each marked by a different area of psychosexual satisfaction and conflict.

Developmental Stage

A distinct phase within the human lifecycle in which typical behaviors, thoughts, or feelings emerge as part of the individual's growth and maturation.

Conflict

To Horney, the basic incompatibility of the neurotic trends.

Sexual Fantasies

Imaginative thoughts or daydreams about sexual activities or desires that can serve various psychological functions and are a normal aspect of human sexuality.